diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index a2dc46c..ab25bf0 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { MeiliSearch } from 'meilisearch'
 import discordScraper from './src/scraper'
 import testAttachment from "./src/test.attachment"
 import attachmentService from "./src/attachments"
+import memeService from "./src/memes"
 
 // @ts-ignore - ts don't know wtf it talking about
 BigInt.prototype.toJSON = function bigIntStringify() {
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ BigInt.prototype.toJSON = function bigIntStringify() {
 };
 
 const VISION_CREDENTIALS = (await import(process.env.GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS, { assert: { type: "json" } })).default
-const STORAGE_BUCKET = process.env.STORAGE_BUCKET
 
 const log = pino({ base: {} });
 
@@ -35,45 +35,20 @@ const meili = new MeiliSearch({
   apiKey: process.env.MEILI_MASTER_KEY,
 })
 
-const attachments = attachmentService(log, minio, prisma)
-const scraper = discordScraper(process.env.DISCORD_AUTH, vision, minio, prisma, log)
-
-async function ensureStorageBucketExists() {
-    const exists = await minio.bucketExists(STORAGE_BUCKET)
-    if (exists) return true
-    await minio.makeBucket(STORAGE_BUCKET)
-}
-
-async function ensureMeiliIndex() {
-    const delTask = await meili.deleteIndex('memes')
-    const delResult = await meili.waitForTask(delTask.taskUid)
-    const task = await meili.createIndex('memes', { primaryKey: 'id' })
-    const result = await meili.waitForTask(task.taskUid)
-    log.info(result);
-}
-
-async function processChannels(channelIds) {
-    await ensureStorageBucketExists()
-    const msgs = await Promise.all(channelIds.map(c => scraper.getChannelAttachments(c)))
-    const results = await Promise.allSettled(msgs.flat().map(a => attachments.process(a)))
-    log.info(results.map(r => r.status));
-    return results
-}
-
-async function updateMeili() {
-    await ensureMeiliIndex();
-    const index = meili.index('memes')
-    const memes = await prisma.meme.findMany();
-    const task = await index.updateDocuments(memes)
-    const res = await meili.waitForTask(task.taskUid)
-    log.info(res)
-}
+const memes = await memeService(log, prisma, meili)
+const attachments = await attachmentService(log, minio, prisma, memes)
+const scraper = discordScraper(process.env.DISCORD_AUTH, vision, minio, prisma, log, attachments)
 
 const CHANNEL_IDS = [
     367936426962190336n,  // TPM shitposts
     1095060717117374687n, // aella memes
 ]
 
-await processChannels(CHANNEL_IDS)
-await updateMeili()
+async function main() {
+    await Promise.all(CHANNEL_IDS.map(id => scraper.processChannel(id)))
+    await memes.updateMeili();
+}
+
+await main()
+
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1af4978..e312c17 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "@google-cloud/vision": "^4.2.0",
         "@prisma/client": "^5.12.1",
+        "@theinternetfolks/snowflake": "^1.3.0",
         "axios": "^1.6.8",
         "dotenv": "^16.4.1",
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
@@ -1001,6 +1002,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@protobufjs/utf8/-/utf8-1.1.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-Vvn3zZrhQZkkBE8LSuW3em98c0FwgO4nxzv6OdSxPKJIEKY2bGbHn+mhGIPerzI4twdxaP8/0+06HBpwf345Lw=="
     },
+    "node_modules/@theinternetfolks/snowflake": {
+      "version": "1.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@theinternetfolks/snowflake/-/snowflake-1.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/5fjyE+JIa95Lm1uDJ9fx52W7/ZHBVvKo5GbpR+swpchbriLzVgFAIUOVwLsscnUTBixyQ+JsEh5pJQM/zKNzQ=="
+    },
     "node_modules/@tootallnate/once": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@tootallnate/once/-/once-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -3460,6 +3466,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@protobufjs/utf8/-/utf8-1.1.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-Vvn3zZrhQZkkBE8LSuW3em98c0FwgO4nxzv6OdSxPKJIEKY2bGbHn+mhGIPerzI4twdxaP8/0+06HBpwf345Lw=="
     },
+    "@theinternetfolks/snowflake": {
+      "version": "1.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@theinternetfolks/snowflake/-/snowflake-1.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/5fjyE+JIa95Lm1uDJ9fx52W7/ZHBVvKo5GbpR+swpchbriLzVgFAIUOVwLsscnUTBixyQ+JsEh5pJQM/zKNzQ=="
+    },
     "@tootallnate/once": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@tootallnate/once/-/once-2.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8e4eb9f..45acf16 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/vision": "^4.2.0",
     "@prisma/client": "^5.12.1",
+    "@theinternetfolks/snowflake": "^1.3.0",
     "axios": "^1.6.8",
     "dotenv": "^16.4.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
diff --git a/src/attachments.ts b/src/attachments.ts
index d9916ce..49a5e8e 100644
--- a/src/attachments.ts
+++ b/src/attachments.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-import sharp from 'sharp';
+import sharp from 'sharp'
 import axios from 'axios'
 import mime from 'mime-types'
 
-import type { Logger } from 'pino';
+import type { Logger } from 'pino'
 
 import type Minio from 'minio'
-import type { PrismaClient, Attachment } from '@prisma/client';
+import type { PrismaClient, Attachment, ChannelHistory } from '@prisma/client'
 
-import * as memes from './memes'
+import type { MemeService } from './memes'
 
 const STORAGE_BUCKET = process.env.STORAGE_BUCKET
 
@@ -33,7 +33,14 @@ export function objectName(a: Attachment) {
     return `${a.memeId}.${mime.extension(a.contentType)}`
 }
 
-export default function attachmentService(log: Logger, minio: Minio.Client, prisma: PrismaClient) {
+
+export default async function attachmentService(log: Logger, minio: Minio.Client, prisma: PrismaClient, memes: MemeService) {
+    async function ensureStorageBucketExists() {
+        const exists = await minio.bucketExists(STORAGE_BUCKET)
+        if (exists) return true
+        await minio.makeBucket(STORAGE_BUCKET)
+    }
+
     async function storeAttachment(a: Attachment) {
         const download = await axios.get(a.url, { responseType: 'stream' })
 
@@ -53,20 +60,48 @@ export default function attachmentService(log: Logger, minio: Minio.Client, pris
         return minio.removeObject(STORAGE_BUCKET, objectName(a))
     }
 
-    async function process(a: Attachment) {
-        return prisma.$transaction(async prisma => {
-            const meme = memes.fromAttachment(a)
-            const dbMeme = await prisma.meme.upsert({ create: meme, update: meme, where: { id: meme.id } })
-            const dbA = await prisma.attachment.upsert({ create: a, update: a, where: { id: a.id } })
-            log.info({ msg: 'pending addition to db', dbMeme })
-            const upload = await storeAttachment(a)
-            log.info({ msg: 'successfully uploaded', upload })
-            return { meme: dbMeme, upload, attachment: dbA }
-        })
+    async function process(a: Attachment, history: Partial<ChannelHistory>) {
+        try {
+            const results = await prisma.$transaction(async prisma => {
+                const meme = memes.fromAttachment(a)
+                const dbMeme = await prisma.meme.upsert({ create: meme, update: meme, where: { id: meme.id } })
+                const dbA = await prisma.attachment.upsert({ create: a, update: a, where: { id: a.id } })
+                log.debug({ msg: 'pending addition to db', dbMeme })
+
+                const upload = await storeAttachment(a)
+                log.debug({ msg: 'successfully uploaded', upload })
+
+                await memes.persist(dbMeme)
+
+                return { meme: dbMeme, upload, attachment: dbA }
+            }, { timeout: 60000 })
+        } catch (e) {
+
+            // this happens pretty regularly it seems
+            // when ppl reply to an attachment it is included in their message
+            if (e.meta.modelName !== 'Meme' && e.meta.target[0] !== 'attachmentId') {
+                log.error(e, 'failed to process attachment')
+                log.error(a, 'failed to process attachment')
+            }
+
+            // deletes the upload if we got that far
+            // (probably not)
+            await deleteAttachment(a)
+        }
+
+        // we assume here that a failure in processing was caused by a duplicate
+        // so we update pg to say we've processed it
+        const newHistory = await prisma.channelHistory.update({ data: history, where: { id: history.id }})
+        log.debug({ newHistory }, 'updated channel history')
+        return true
     }
 
+    await ensureStorageBucketExists()
+
     return {
         process,
     }
 }
 
+
+export type AttachmentService = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof attachmentService>>
diff --git a/src/memes.ts b/src/memes.ts
index c36d98d..bc3ddd1 100644
--- a/src/memes.ts
+++ b/src/memes.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import type { PrismaClient, Attachment, Meme } from '@prisma/client';
+import type { Meilisearch } from 'meilisearch';
+import type { Logger } from 'pino';
 
 import * as attachments from './attachments'
 
@@ -10,23 +12,62 @@ function memeUrl(a: Attachment) {
     return u.href
 }
 
-export function fromAttachment(a: Attachment) {
-    const text = a.vision.fullTextAnnotation?.text || ''
-    const tags = [
-        a.guild.name,
-        a.channel.name,
-        a.message.author.username,
-    ]
+export default async function memeService(baseLog: Logger, prisma: PrismaClient, meili: Meilisearch) {
+    const log = baseLog.child({ service: 'meme' })
 
-    const m: Meme = {
-        id: a.memeId,
-        url: memeUrl(a),
-        text,
-        tags: tags,
-        attachmentId: a.id,
-        createdAt: undefined,
-        updatedAt: undefined
+    function fromAttachment(a: Attachment) {
+        const text = a.vision.fullTextAnnotation?.text || ''
+        const tags = [
+            a.guild.name,
+            a.channel.name,
+            a.message.author.username,
+        ]
+
+        const m: Meme = {
+            id: a.memeId,
+            url: memeUrl(a),
+            text,
+            tags: tags,
+            attachmentId: a.id,
+            createdAt: undefined,
+            updatedAt: undefined
+        }
+
+        return m
     }
 
-    return m
+    async function ensureMeiliIndex() {
+        const delTask = await meili.deleteIndex('memes')
+        const delResult = await meili.waitForTask(delTask.taskUid)
+        const task = await meili.createIndex('memes', { primaryKey: 'id' })
+        const result = await meili.waitForTask(task.taskUid)
+        log.debug(result);
+        return meili.index('memes')
+    }
+
+    async function updateMeili() {
+        await ensureMeiliIndex();
+        const index = meili.index('memes')
+        const memes = await prisma.meme.findMany();
+        const task = await index.updateDocuments(memes)
+        const res = await meili.waitForTask(task.taskUid)
+        log.debug(res)
+    }
+
+    async function persist(m: Meme) {
+        const index = meili.index('memes')
+        return index.updateDocuments([m])
+    }
+
+    await ensureMeiliIndex();
+    await updateMeili();
+
+    return {
+        ensureMeiliIndex,
+        updateMeili,
+        fromAttachment,
+        persist,
+    }
 }
+
+export type MemeService = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof memeService>>
diff --git a/src/scraper.test.ts b/src/scraper.test.ts
index 1d08bb5..fa289e3 100644
--- a/src/scraper.test.ts
+++ b/src/scraper.test.ts
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ const CHANNEL_IDS = [
     1095060717117374687n, // aella memes
 ]
 
-await Promise.all(CHANNEL_IDS.map(id => scraper.getChannelHistory(id)))
+await Promise.all(CHANNEL_IDS.map(id => scraper.processChannel(id)))
diff --git a/src/scraper.ts b/src/scraper.ts
index 7d89dfa..05d972c 100644
--- a/src/scraper.ts
+++ b/src/scraper.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import axios from 'axios'
 
-import minBy from 'lodash/minBy'
-import maxBy from 'lodash/maxBy'
+import _ from 'lodash';
 
 import type { PrismaClient, Attachment } from '@prisma/client';
 import type { ImageAnnotatorClient } from '@google-cloud/vision';
@@ -10,27 +9,39 @@ import type Minio from 'minio'
 
 import sharp from 'sharp';
 
-import * as attachments from './attachments'
+import type { AttachmentService } from './attachments'
+import { IMAGE_TYPES, VIDEO_TYPES } from './attachments'
 
-export default function scraper(discordAuth, vision: ImageAnnotatorClient, minio: Minio.Client, prisma: PrismaClient, baseLog: Logger) {
+// TODO
+// also fetch embeds and their descriptions
+
+export default function scraper(
+    discordAuth,
+    vision: ImageAnnotatorClient,
+    minio: Minio.Client,
+    prisma: PrismaClient,
+    baseLog: Logger,
+    attachments: AttachmentService
+) {
     const headers = {
         'Authorization': discordAuth,
     }
 
     async function fetchChannelMessages(channelId) {
-        const url = `https://discord.com/api/v9/channels/${channelId}/messages`
+        const url = `https://discord.com/api/v9/channels/${channelId}/messages&limit=100`
         const res = await axios.get(url, { headers })
         return res.data
     }
 
+    // returns msgs in desc id order
     async function fetchChannelMessagesAfter(channelId, lastMessageId) {
-        const url = `https://discord.com/api/v9/channels/${channelId}/messages?after=${lastMessageId}`
+        const url = `https://discord.com/api/v9/channels/${channelId}/messages?after=${lastMessageId}&limit=100`
         const res = await axios.get(url, { headers })
         return res.data
     }
 
     async function fetchChannelMessagesBefore(channelId, earliestMessageId) {
-        const url = `https://discord.com/api/v9/channels/${channelId}/messages?before=${earliestMessageId}`
+        const url = `https://discord.com/api/v9/channels/${channelId}/messages?before=${earliestMessageId}&limit=100`
         const res = await axios.get(url, { headers })
         return res.data
     }
@@ -38,8 +49,8 @@ export default function scraper(discordAuth, vision: ImageAnnotatorClient, minio
     async function fetchGuildDetails(guildId) {
         const url = `https://discord.com/api/v9/guilds/${guildId}`
         const res = await axios.get(url, { headers })
-        const keys_to_remove = ['emojis', 'stickers', 'roles']
-        keys_to_remove.forEach(k => delete res[k])
+        const keys_to_remove = ['emojis', 'stickers', 'roles', 'features']
+        keys_to_remove.forEach(k => delete res.data[k])
         return res.data
     }
 
@@ -51,7 +62,7 @@ export default function scraper(discordAuth, vision: ImageAnnotatorClient, minio
 
     async function detectText(attachment: Attachment) {
         // bail out of anything not an image
-        if (!attachments.IMAGE_TYPES.includes(attachment.contentType)) return {}
+        if (!IMAGE_TYPES.includes(attachment.contentType)) return {}
 
         const annotateRequest = {
             image: {
@@ -66,101 +77,79 @@ export default function scraper(discordAuth, vision: ImageAnnotatorClient, minio
         return res[0] || {}
     }
 
-    async function filterAttachments(log, messages, guild, channel) {
-        const acceptedContentTypes = [
-            ...attachments.IMAGE_TYPES,
-            ...attachments.VIDEO_TYPES,
-        ]
-
-        const validAttachments = messages
-            .filter(m => m.attachments)
-            // bundle message and attachment together
-            .flatMap(m => m.attachments.map(a => [a, m]))
-            .filter(([a, m]) => acceptedContentTypes.includes(a.content_type))
-
-        const newAttachments = validAttachments.filter(([a, m]) => ![].includes(a.id))
-        log.info({ newAttachments: newAttachments.length, validAttachments: validAttachments.length })
-
-        return Promise.all(newAttachments
-            .map(async ([a, m]) => {
-                const attachment: Attachment = {
-                    id: BigInt(a.id),
-                    msgId: BigInt(m.id),
-                    channelId: BigInt(m.channel_id),
-                    url: a.url,
-                    contentType: a.content_type,
-                    message: m,
-
-                    // create this ahead of time to associate with our copy of the media
-                    memeId: crypto.randomUUID(),
-
-                    // @ts-ignore it's fine
-                    vision: {},
-                    guild,
-                    channel,
-
-                    createdAt: undefined,
-                    updatedAt: undefined
-                }
-
-                const visionData = await detectText(attachment)
-                return { ...attachment, vision: visionData }
-            }))
-    }
-
-    async function getChannelAttachments(channelId) {
-        try {
-            const channel = await fetchChannel(channelId)
-            const guild = await fetchGuildDetails(channel.guild_id)
-            const messages = await fetchChannelMessages(channelId)
-
-            const log = baseLog.child({ guild: guild.name, channel: channel.name, channelId })
-
-            return filterAttachments(log, messages, guild, channel);
-
-            // return { messages, channel, guild }
-        } catch (e) {
-            baseLog.error({ err: e.toJSON(), channelId, })
-        }
-    }
-
-    async function* fetchNew(channelId, log, latestMessageId) {
-        const messages = await fetchChannelMessagesAfter(channelId, latestMessageId)
-        if (messages.length === 0) {
-            log.info('no new messages')
-            return
-        }
-
-        log.info({ messages: messages.length, latestMessageId }, 'fetched new messages')
-        yield* messages
-
-        // not sure what order these are in
-        // or if guaranteed
-        const cursor = maxBy(messages, 'id').id
-        yield* fetchNew(channelId, log, cursor)
-    }
-
-    async function* fetchOld(channelId, log, earliestMessageId) {
-        const messages = await fetchChannelMessagesBefore(channelId, earliestMessageId)
-        if (messages.length === 0) {
-            log.info('no new messages')
-            return
-        }
-
-        log.info({ messages: messages.length, earliestMessageId }, 'fetched older messages')
-        yield* messages
-
-        // not sure what order these are in
-        // or if guaranteed
-        const cursor = minBy(messages, 'id').id
-        yield* fetchNew(channelId, log, cursor)
-    }
-
-    async function getChannelHistory(channelId) {
+    async function processChannel(channelId) {
         const channel = await fetchChannel(channelId)
         const guild = await fetchGuildDetails(channel.guild_id)
         const log = baseLog.child({ guild: guild.name, channel: channel.name, channelId })
 
+        async function filterAttachments(messages): Promise<Attachment[]> {
+            const acceptedContentTypes = [
+                ...IMAGE_TYPES,
+                ...VIDEO_TYPES,
+            ]
+
+            const validAttachments = messages
+                .filter(m => m.attachments)
+                // bundle message and attachment together
+                .flatMap(m => m.attachments.map(a => [a, m]))
+                .filter(([a, m]) => acceptedContentTypes.includes(a.content_type))
+
+            const newAttachments = validAttachments.filter(([a, m]) => ![].includes(a.id))
+            log.info({ newAttachments: newAttachments.length, validAttachments: validAttachments.length })
+
+            return Promise.all(newAttachments
+                .map(async ([a, m]) => {
+                    const attachment: Attachment = {
+                        id: BigInt(a.id),
+                        msgId: BigInt(m.id),
+                        channelId: BigInt(m.channel_id),
+                        url: a.url,
+                        contentType: a.content_type,
+
+                        // create this ahead of time to associate with our copy of the media
+                        memeId: crypto.randomUUID(),
+
+                        // @ts-ignore it's fine
+                        vision: {}, // await detectText(attachment),
+                        guild,
+                        channel,
+                        message: m,
+
+                        createdAt: undefined,
+                        updatedAt: undefined
+                    }
+                    return attachment
+                }))
+        }
+
+        async function* fetchNew(channelId, log, latestMessageId): AsyncGenerator<Attachment> {
+            // reverse the messages because we want to yield them in chronological order
+            // the api call returns them most recent first
+            const messages = (await fetchChannelMessagesAfter(channelId, latestMessageId)).reverse()
+            if (messages.length === 0) {
+                log.info('no new messages')
+                return
+            }
+
+            log.info({ messages: messages.length, latestMessageId }, 'fetched new messages')
+            yield* await filterAttachments(messages)
+            const cursor = _.last(messages).id
+            yield* fetchNew(channelId, log, cursor)
+        }
+
+        async function* fetchOld(channelId, log, earliestMessageId): AsyncGenerator<Attachment, void, Attachment> {
+            const messages = await fetchChannelMessagesBefore(channelId, earliestMessageId)
+            if (messages.length === 0) {
+                log.info('no new messages')
+                return
+            }
+
+            log.info({ messages: messages.length, earliestMessageId }, 'fetched older messages')
+            yield* await filterAttachments(messages)
+            const cursor = _.last(messages).id
+            yield* fetchOld(channelId, log, cursor)
+        }
+
         const ensureHistory = async () => {
             const stored = await prisma.channelHistory.findFirst({ where: { id: channelId }})
             if (stored) return stored
@@ -172,19 +161,24 @@ export default function scraper(discordAuth, vision: ImageAnnotatorClient, minio
         }
 
         const history = await ensureHistory()
-        history.latestMessageId = 1227182587177340938n
 
-        for await (const msg of fetchNew(channelId, log, history.latestMessageId)) {
-            log.info({ msg: 'new message', id: msg.id})
+        // we can do this better if we yield a list of attachments instead of one at a time
+        // will have to only update the history if they all succeed, probably better anyway
+        for await (const attachment of fetchNew(channelId, log, history.latestMessageId)) {
+            log.debug({ msg: 'scraped new attachment', attachment: _.omit(attachment, ['guild', 'message', 'channel', 'vision']) })
+            const newHistory = { id: history.id, latestMessageId: attachment.msgId }
+            await attachments.process(attachment, newHistory)
         }
 
-        // for await (const msg of fetchOld(channelId, log, history.earliestMessageId)) {
-        //     // log.info({ msg: 'new message', id: msg.id})
-        // }
+        // assuming history of earliestId doesn't change...
+        for await (const attachment of fetchOld(channelId, log, history.earliestMessageId)) {
+            log.debug({ msg: 'scraped old attachment', attachment: _.omit(attachment, ['guild', 'message', 'channel', 'vision']) })
+            const newHistory = { id: history.id, earliestMessageId: attachment.msgId }
+            await attachments.process(attachment, newHistory)
+        }
     }
 
     return {
-        getChannelAttachments,
-        getChannelHistory,
+        processChannel,
     }
 }